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“Prévoyance”
Observations from Erik Andersen, Gabriola Island, BC
Columns, articles and recommendations from economist Erik Andersen:
In Winter 2020-21, Vol. 34, No. 2
Governor of the Bank of Canada asks for
suggestions re
the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Erik Andersen, Gabriola Island, BC, October 21, 2020
Erik's Introduction: I did not try to bully the BoC Governor, but I am trying to head off what I think could come. History shows that politicians use “low hanging fruit” as targets when times get difficult. The episode of 1975 to early 80s was very unfair to Canadians who were being held responsible for creating inflation. We are in a K-Winter right now as then, but politicians and business people can only think linearly so they become dangerous to the population. If anyone wishes to use my letter go ahead. Likely currency devaluation will be difficult enough but add inflation and we don’t know if those conditions might end up with a lot of us being thrown under the bus.
MY LETTER
TO: Mr. Tiff Macklem,
Governor of the Bank of Canada
234 Wellington
St, Ottawa K1A 0G9
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How to Design a Failing Nation
Erik discusses the handicapping of Canada as a nation state, since the 1970s.
[p. 7, in the Spring 2013 Edition of Dialogue magazine]
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An Open Letter to Finance Minister Flaherty, Mar. 21, 2013 - signed by some 41 Canadians including Erik Andersen; a proposal for the reform of the Canadian banking system and implementation of a social contract between the Government and People of Canada. [p.5, in the March-April 2013 Edition, Vol. 6, No. 5, of Dialogue magazine]
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QUOTES
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
- George Orwell
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"The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and enslavement; rain down bombs on defenseless children whenever and wherever they decide that their "vital interests" are menaced, and think nothing of torturing a man to death: these people are not to be taken seriously when they speak of the 'sanctity' of human life, or the 'conscience' of the civilized world." - James Baldwin, Source: page 489 of COLLECTED ESSAYS (1998), from chapter one of "The Devil Finds Work" (orig. pub. 1976)
"Since world war two we've managed to create history's
first truly global empire. This has been done by the corporatocracy, which are
a few men and women who run our major corporations and in doing so also run the
U.S. government and many other governments around the world." - John
Perkins, 2005, author of the book titled 'Confessions of and Economic Hit Man'
In the struggle of Good against Evil, it's always the people who get killed. - Eduardo Galeano
"It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely." - Leo Buscaglia, author and university professor (1924-1998)
The above quotes are from ICH on Dec. 18-19, 2015: InformationClearingHouse
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